re: Defeating Gamma Radio Anti Theft Feature

[malcolm@wedoit.ENET.dec.com]

Kent, 

A few years ago I did this to a radio I had in a Scirocco.

What I did was find the etch that the volume/on/off switch got its power from.
I cut the etch between the +12 feed and the switch. Then I soldered a wire 
to the input side of the switch that is now isolated from unswitched +12.
Run this wire out of the case, and attached to swtiched +12. This worked for
me. Havent't tried it lately.

Just be very careful where you cut.

Scott 
1990CQ
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>Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 21:50:30 -0800
>From: crossley family <crossley@northwest.com>
>Subject: Defeating Gamma Radio Anti Theft Feature

>I am trying to rewire my wife's '93 90csq gamma radio so that it will
>turn on and off with the ignition switch. When I interrupt the power to
>the radio it goes into the "safe" mode which it is supposed to do and
>requires the entry of code to restore its function.  My problem is that
>I don't want this to happen.  Has anybody figured out how to do this? Or
>is this going to be yet another reason to go look at a Kenwood
>replacement unit? 
>TIA!
>Kent Crossley, Portland,Or.
>'91 200q (mine)
>'93 90CSq (hers)

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